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This is a documentation how the level code of SM63 is built.
With this knowledge, you can make a level just using Notepad (using LD only for looking up block and sprite numbers and testing), like this:

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(Note I didn't use multipliers because I was lazy)
This was made by me, with my documentation, just with notepad (using LD only for blabla you know).

WARNING
THE DOCUMENTATION IS A BIT OUTDATED - THE LEVEL NAME USES NOW ASCII LIKE THE SIGN TEXTS (ALL CHARACTERS WHICH ARE NOT LETTERS OR NUMBERS GET ASCII'D)

Random thought:
Everyone should make a level once just with Notepad. It's a great experience to understand how everything works, thus making better levels. I found a glitch thanks to my level.

TO DO:

• Making a PHP online app which calculates the Block IDs
• List of the properties of all sprites will most likely never happen because I'm lazy
• Ask Runouw when they started developing SM63

If you have any questions, just ask!

EDIT LOG (server time):
27th June 2009, 5:17 pm: Editing in to ask Runouw
30th June 2009, 7:20 am: Transferring to new forum

Haven't you said this before? Ohh...right new forum. Well.it's pretty cool...and darn hard.

I was wondering,is there any way to place an image in the level code, and have it show up as a background or an item? I have tried it several different ways, but it doesn't seem to work.

No.

level4 wrote:I was wondering,is there any way to place an image in the level code, and have it show up as a background or an item? I have tried it several different ways, but it doesn't seem to work.

As in an actual image from your files? That would require uploading said images to some server connected to the game, and since it is not already programmed in, it would require some major reprogramming of the game to make that possible...
You can, however, try to recreate an image using size 1 rotating blocks (which I know you are already proficient at using : D), however tedious that may be.

You instructed someone to come here for an answer as to how to have 2 lines in your level title...maybe I'm stupid but I don't see that info.

<br> is a great HTML tag which works in signs and level names.

that1guy wrote:how to have 2 lines in your level title

Superyoshi wrote:<br> is a great HTML tag which works in signs and level names.

The url encoding "%0D" works too.

Thank you SOOOO much fourinone! That makes creating level titles much easier (I can't really explain). I also wanted to ask you...how do you make italics in the level code?

<i>bla</i>
Directly in the code, it's %60i%62bla%60%47i%62